Pregnant woman, 26, 'whose boyfriend tricked her into taking an abortion pill' sought court's protection against him

Andrew Welden, 28, 'gave his girlfriend a bottle of abortion-inducing pills and told her they were prescribed antibiotics'

Girlfriend Remee Lee, 26, suffered cramps and bleeding and lost the baby

She told the court she feared he would physically harm her again and listed his weapons as 'guns, knives, brass knuckles and medicine'

He now faces a first-degree murder charge and life in prison

 

A pregnant woman who lost her baby after her boyfriend allegedly tricked her into taking an abortion-inducing drug feared for her safety and sought the court's protection in the days after the killing.

Remee Lee, 26, was rushed to hospital with bleeding after John Andrew Welden - her boyfriend and the son of a fertility doctor - allegedly gave her a bottle of pills which he claimed were antibiotics.

After she took a pill, her seven-week-old fetus died and three days later, Lee sought protection against Welden, 28, in Hillsborough Circuit Court, near their homes in Lutz, Florida.

In her April 1 petition, she listed his weapons as 'guns, knives, brass knuckles' and 'medicine', the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Happier time: Andrew Welden, pictured with his ex-girlfriend Remee Lee, allegedly gave her pills and claimed they were antibiotics. But hours later, she was rushed to hospital and lost the baby

'I am afraid that he took measures to kill/abort/murder my unborn child, potentially killing me by switching my medicine,' she wrote. 'And now that he is facing investigation he will continue to cause me more emotional and physical harm.'

In one section of the petition, she was asked whether she had a child with the man - and unable to provide a definitive answer in the light of the tragedy, she simply ticked 'n/a'.

 

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Welden faces a first-degree murder charge and a life in prison for the alleged killing.

Lee was around six weeks pregnant when a scan at Welden's father's clinic in Lutz, Florida confirmed that she was pregnant - but she said Welden was not happy with the news.

Fears: In the hours after the death, Lee, left, sought the court's protection against Welden, right

Loss: The fetus, pictured, was six weeks old when it died and now Welden faces a murder charge

'I was never going to do anything but go full term with it, and he didn't want me to,' Lee, 26, told ABC Action News.

But after the scan, Welden, who is working towards a degree in sports medicine, called her to say that she had a bacterial infection and needed to take Amoxycillin, an antibiotic, three times a day.

He gave her a bottle of pills, which she called 'his weapon of choice'.

Lee told ABC Action News that she did not call Dr Welden to confirm that she had an infection because she trusted her boyfriend and believed they had a future together.

In fact, Andrew Welden had forged his father's signature on a prescription for Cytotec - an abortion-inducing drug - and re-labeled the bottle as Amoxycillin, according to a federal prosecutor.

At work: His father, Dr. Stephen Weldon, has not been accused of any crime in the death of the child

Lee took a pill on her way to work but was hospitalized with bleeding and abdominal pains, the Tampa Bay Times reported. She lost the baby in hospital.

'Weapon of choice': Welden allegedly gave her this bottle of pills after switching the labels

She was carrying the bottle of pills and doctors saw that they were not antibiotics.

'What did you give me, Andrew?' she asked Welden, according to the prosecutor.

Welden admitted the switch in a confession recorded by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office detectives, the prosecutor said. A drugstore surveillance camera captured him buying Cytotec, the Times reported.

Lee filed a lawsuit in state court on Wednesday claiming she suffered battery and emotional distress, while the government has begun its criminal case in federal court.

A federal grand jury indicted him on Tuesday with product tampering and first-degree murder.

In federal court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Muldrow called the terminated pregnancy 'senseless', the Times reported.

'He had no reason to kill the baby, his baby,' Muldrow said. 'She had a name for the baby she wanted to have.'

The paper noted that while a six-week-old fetus would not be considered viable in state court, federal law does not acknowledge the distinction.

If someone kills an unborn child while committing a federal crime, it is considered murder, Tampa lawyer Todd Foster, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and FBI agent, said.

Clinic: The couple had gone to Welden's father's clinic, pictured, for a scan to confirm the pregnancy

Welden was denied bail after he was deemed a flight risk, but his defense attorney David Weisbrod said Welden had no prior criminal record and said the act was out of character for his client.

Welden's father, a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist who works with infertile couples wishing to become pregnant, has not been accused of any crime.

Andrew Welden worked as an office manager at the Lutz office of Premiere Weight Loss Center, another family business.

His bio on its website says that he studied nutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Mississippi and the University of Memphis, and is working toward a degree in sports medicine.

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Shocking Time cover shows mother, 26, breastfeeding son, almost four

A mother of two has told of how she breastfeeds her two sons who are aged three and five.

Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, has appeared on the cover of Time magazine breastfeeding her three-year-old Aram as he stands on a small seat to reach her.

The Los Angeles mother has spoken about how she applies the same attachment parenting method to her adopted five-year-old son Samuel. 

Controversial: Jamie Lynne Grumet has appeared on the cover of Time magazine (above) as an attachment parent. She has told of how she breastfeeds her three and five-year-olds

Ms Grumet was breastfed by her own mother until the age of six. 

In a larger feature story about the controversial parenting technique, she tells the magazine that she is able to recall memories of being latched onto her mother's breast.

She said: 'It's really warm. It's like embracing your mother, like a hug. You feel comforted, nurtured and really, really loved. I had so much self-confidence as a child, and I know it's from that.'

 

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She has aimed to provide the same type of support to Samuel, who was adopted from Ethiopia in November of 2010.

Samuel was breastfed by his new mother instantly. He is latched to her breast 'maybe once a month.'

Like-minded: Blossom star Mayim Bialik wrote a book about how she breastfeeds her three-year-old

Ms Grumet said: 'Being able to give him that [comfort] with the trauma that he faced was really, really important to me. I didn't realise how much it would help my attachment to him. 

'When his English improved, because the connection was there, he didn't do it as much.'

The mother has written on her blog about how much Aram, who will turn four next month, enjoys to be breastfed.

In one post, a photograph of Aram in the Playboy mansion has been uploaded. 

The picture is captioned with the text: 'I've breastfed Aram at the Playboy mansion. I actually felt it was the most appropriate place on earth to do it.'

There is no explanation to explain why she believes this.

Ms Grumet is completely aware of how unorthodox the parenting technique, which was originally coined by U.S. pediatrician Dr William Sears, can be perceived. But she strongly believes her methods are 'biologically normal.'

'There are people who tell me they're going to call social services on me or that it's child molestation, she said. 'I really don't think I can reason with those people.'

'There seems to be a war going on between conventional parenting and attachment parenting. We all need to be encouraging each other'

She believes that the more people see it, the more it will become 'normal in our culture.'

'There seems to be a war going on between conventional parenting and attachment parenting,' she continued. 'That's what I want to avoid. I want everyone to be encouraging. We're not opposing teams.

'We all need to be encouraging to each other and I don't think we're doing a very good job at that.'

The technique also involves parents co-sleeping with their children and wearing them in a sling to ensure they remain physically close to the body.

 

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Ms Grumet believes Dr Sears is 'great' and a 'gentle spirit.'

'I've read all his books.I find what he's saying to be non-judgemental and relevant to what's happening today and what we're finding out about some of the issues that are popping up with out children's health,' she said.

'I feel like he really is doing this because he knows this is best. And the way he does it is graceful and educational rather than condeming.'

She added that her mother was also a fan of attachment parenting for its health reasons.

'She wasn't a hippie,' she said. 'Everyone thinks she must have been because we lived in northern California. My dad did go to Berkeley, but he was a nutritional scientist. He got his master's there and his PhD. My parents were really into nutrition.'

It is not the first time the parenting technique has come under the microscope in recent times.

Blossom actress Mayim Bialik recently wrote a book about how she breastfeeds her three-year-old son and allows her six-year-old to sleep on a mattress on the floor with her and her husband.

Dr Bialik, who has a PhD in neuroscience, told Newsok.com: 'When we treat our children kindly and expect love and give love, we hopefully are raising children that then expect that and give that to the world around them.'

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